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Monday, April 20th, 2009
6:05 pm	for my mom and dad. lilacs are my moms fav. flower and my dad is a marine corp. vietnam veteran. i've had this idea for a longtime and i love how this came out. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
12:14 am	blog at will i started a blog. focusedminds.blogspot.com it's about tour and i do some interviews with people who go on tour. (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
4:05 am	tour life we're dong 2 more US tours, one in March and one in April that'll hit the midwest and some other cities we don't hit on the winter tour. thanks for reading, thank you more if you come out to the shows. peace and love. Dec 26 2008 Rochester, New York Steven Tyler’s Summer Home w/ Like Wolves Dec 27 2008 Brooklyn, New York The Stolen Sleeves Collective w/ I Rise, Like Wolves Dec 28 2008 Richmond, Virginia Bagel Czar w/ I Rise, Like Wolves Dec 29 2008 Irmo, South Carolina St. Simon and St. Jude Episcopal Church w/ I Rise, Like Wolves, Mindset Dec 30 2008 Orlando, Florida This is For You Fest - The Black Box Collective Dec 31 2008 Lake Worth, Florida Klein Dance Studio w/ I Rise, Like Wolves Jan 1 2009 Tampa, Florida Transitions w/ I Rise, Like Wolves Jan 2 2009 Jacksonville, Florida Doozer’s Pub w/ Like Wolves Jan 3 2009 Atlanta, Georgia MJQ w/ Down to Nothing, Swamp Thing, Forfeit, Foundation, Bad Seed Jan 4 2009 Birmingham, Alabama The New Cave 9 w/ Backtrack Jan 5 2009 New Orleans, LA NEED HELP, WHO BOOKES HERE? Jan 6 2009 Houston, Texas The Junction w/ Lie and Wait, Mongoloids, Mother of Mercy Jan 7 2009 Corpus Christi, Texas The Compound w/ Lie and Wait Jan 8 2009 San Antonio, Texas The Warhol w/ Lie and Wait Jan 9 2009 Austin, Texas Red 7 FREE SHOW w/ Lie and Wait, Bitter End Jan 10 2009 San Angelo, Texas Tba in San Angelo (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Jan 11th Tucson, AZ Tba in Tucson (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Jan 12 2009 San Diego, California Music Trader w/ Rotting Out, Masterpiece Jan 13 2009 Riverside, California The Pharoahs Den w/ Rotting Out Jan 14 2009 Los Angeles, California Tba in Los Angeles w/ Rotting Out (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Jan 15 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada Tba in Las Vegas w/ Rotting Out (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Jan 16 2009 Fresno, California The CYC (Chinatown Youth Center) w/ Rotting Out Jan 17 2009 Oakland, California Temescal Arts Center w/ Rotting Out, Sabertooth Zombi Jan 18 2009 Sacremento, California The Branch Ave House w/ Rotting Out, All Teeth Jan 19 2009 Reno, Nevada The Eyeball w/ All Teeth Jan 20 2009 Redding, California The Thunderdome Jan 21 2009 Portland, Oregon Arctic Circle Pit Jan 22 2009 Olympia, Washington Tba in Olympia (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Jan 23 2009 Seattle, Washington West Seattle Legion Hall w/ Vanguard, Sojourner, Ill Intent, On Jan 24 2009 Spokane, Washington Tba in Spokane (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Jan 25 2009 Vancouver, British Columbia TBA in Vancouver w/ Circles (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Jan 26 2009 Tacoma, Washington Tba in Tacoma (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Jan 27 2009 Portland, Oregon Satyricon Jan 28 2009 Chico, California Tba in Chico w/ All Teeth (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Jan 29 2009 San Fransisco, California The DNA Lounge w/ Ceremony, Streetwalkers, Grace Alley Jan 30 2009 Watsonville, California The Watsonville Youth Center Jan 31 2009 Santa Barbara, California Casa de la Raza w/ Nails, Worship Feb 1 2009 Phoenix, Arizona Modified Arts w/ Graf Orlock, Lewd Acts Feb 2 2009 Albuquerque, New Mexico Tba in Albuquerque (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Feb 3 2009 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma The Conservatory w/ Annihilation Time, ANS, I Resign Feb 4 2009 Tulsa, Oklahoma The Monolith w/ I Resign Feb 5 2009 Tupelo, Mississippi Lifeblood Skateshop Feb 6 2009 Clarksville, Tennessee The Coup Feb 7 2009 Johnson City, Tennessee The Hideaway Feb 8 2009 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina The Hazmat Feb 9 2009 Baltimore, Maryland Charm City Art Space Feb 10 2009 Doylestown, Pennsylvania Tba in Doylestown (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Feb 11 2009 Tba, New Jersey Tba in Jersey w/ Seasick (Confirmed, Waiting on Final Info) Feb 12 2009 Syracuse, New York Wescott Community Center w/ Glue Feb 13 2009 Providence, Rhode Island As220 (Welcome Home Show) w/ Verse, Paint it Black, Crime in Stereo, Outrage (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
3:23 pm	my life consists of working late, movies alone, reading books, trying to save money for tour, trying to write new songs, playing d&d, looking forward to being on tour, worrying about paying bills while on tour (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
1:38 am	my life. . . Yo quick rundown of current happenings: 1) Merch Sale sale at http://soulcontrol.bigcartel.com some shirts are $3-$5, hoodies are $10, put up some leftover ltd this is hardcore shirts. we're going to central america and are trying to raise some funds. jim and ant will have ebay auctions up later as well to raise money on their own. (ant is selling all his sc records including tests, jim is selling a lot of shirts, links will be posted.) 2) Central America we are going to tour central america. here are the dates: Nov 29th - San Jose, Costa Rica (Strong and Loud Festival) Nov 30th - San Jose, Costa Rica (Strong and Loud Festival) Dec 3rd - Managua, Nicaragua or San Pedro Sula, Honduras Dec 4th - Tegucigalpa, Honduras Dec 5th - San Salvador, El Salvador Dec 6th - Guatemala City, Guatemala 3) Free Taco Bell yo we were one of the bands that got free taco bell. sweet. i guess now there's gonna be this online vote thing for us to win some recording session or something, we really just wanted the free taco bell. we'll need it for this tour: 4) Winter US Tour here is the routing. it's long. come to the shows once they are announced. east coast with i rise, west coast with rotting out. possible appearances by lie and wait and on. don't reply with "play here" and have it be a city nowhere near this list. we want to stick to this smile pattern. most of the shows are set, all info will be up on the myspace soon. Dec. 26 - Rochester NY 27 - Brooklyn NY 28 - Richmond, VA 29 - Lexington, SC 30 - Orlando, FL (This is For You Fest) 31 - Miami, FL Jan 1- Tampa, FL 2 - Tallahassee, FL 3 - Atlanta, GA 4 - Birmingham, AL 5 - Shreveport, LA 6 - Houston, TX 7 - Corpus, TX 8 - San Antonio, TX 9 - Odessa/ Midland, TX 10 - El Paso, TX 11 - Tuscon, AZ 12 - San Diego, CA 13 - Riverside, CA 14 - Los Angeles, CA 15 - Las Vegas, NV 16 - Fresno, CA 17 - San Fran, CA 18 - Sacto, CA 19 - Reno, NV 20 - Redding, Ca 21 - Portland, OR 22 - Olympia, WA 23 - Spokane, WA 24 - Tacoma, WA 25 - Vancouver, BC 26 - Seattle, WA 27 - Eugene, OR 28 - Chico, CA 29 - Oakland, CA 30 - Santa Cruz, CA 31 - Santa Barbara, CA Feb 1 - Phoenix, AZ 2 - Albequerque, NM 3 - Oklahoma City, OK 4 - Tulsa, OK 5 - Memphis, TN 6 - Nashville, TN 7 - Johnson City, TN 8 - Raleigh, NC 9 - Baltimore, MD 10 - Philadelphia, PA 11 - Providence, RI 5) 4 Singles One is up for order, http://triplebrecords.bigcartel.com , order it up. other 3 will be up very shortly. i think thats it. buy the merch, buy the ebay stuff, buy the records, come to the shows...if you can and want to. thank you in advance to those who do. - sc (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
2:04 am	"the rape of europa" is a fantastic documentary about ww2 and how germany stole/banned art during the war and how it was preserved and and is still being recovered. if you have the chance see this film. it was really great. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
3:44 pm	its been awhile. 2 soul control tours later im still alive and kicking. we recorded some new songs which im excited about. moving forward. ive come to realize that when you start equating your life with what you own, then well we don't see eye to eye anymore. just something i've been thinking about and feeling lately. so many people talk about things, i dont care to much about them. i want stories of life, i want real life stories, i know know it maybe tough. but swimming in the ocean naked at 1 in the morning is a good fucking time. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 19th, 2008
2:08 pm	things i will be doing in rochester - eating sesame tofu at mings - buying a new skateboard at krudco - hoping to buy a laptop - getting some repairs done on my van, i don't know what needs to be done, but im taking it to the shop anyway, just because i trust the guy - eating good bagels - seeing great people - hanging with my parents and brother - sleeping more than 3 hrs a night im sure there is more, but all the must and excitables are in there. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
2:35 am	so my trip is getting a bit messy. the van is no longer being sold so i don;t want to drive it. so im trying to figure out the best way to get back to rochester. fly- no, train- maybe, renting a car- looking like it might be the best option. renting would be the middle ground i guess. i would get to stop in syracuse and it wouldn't take me pretty much a full day. although i would still have to drive. decisions decisions. what to do??? (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 12th, 2008
1:07 am	#24 5/1/08, bane, wake up call, i rise, maintain, meltdown @Welfare Records, Haverhill,ma Bane was a lot of fun. Still makes me love hardcore and gives me hope, just enough. i rise was decent new songs are a lot better than the older ones. #25 5/3/08- Tragedy, Systematic Death, Dropdead A as220, Providence ,RI Dropdead was good, not the best i've seen them but they still were pretty great. Tragedy was fucking awesome. so glad i got to see them in one of the best venues in the U.S. so personal, sounded great, just a really good set. SD was ok, not my thing, but the drummer is a fucking monster. #26 5/5/08- Coliseum, Victims, Trash Talk, Tides, Tombs @ Club Hell, Providence, RI Coliseum got into to town and ryan called me. we took a walk and hit up white electric and hungout for a bit. It was nice to catch up and hangout before the show a bit. Went to the show a bit late, missed Tombs. Tides was decent, the new song was pretty cool, the sound was a bit weird for them. Trash Talk was good, not to into the people that like this band, but the band was good, the guitar tone was really great. Victims was ok. Coliseum was fun, great banter, good song selection and they were having fun. Stoked on that band. #27 5/7/08- Bane, Wake up Call, Meltdown, I Rise, The Effort @club Hell, Providence,RI Missed the effort, saw I Rise again same feelings as before. meltdown meh. Wake Up Call better this night, but nothing great. Bane was better this night in my opinion, i had mroe fun i think. I just can't get enough, wish I was able to goto the Syracuse show. #28 5/9/08- Paint it Black @Club Hell, Providence,RI A bunch of other bands played that I could care less about. Although i would have liked to see blacklisted to checkout the new songs, but i missed them. PIB was a bit weird. Something just didn't seem right. What can you do? Left shortly after them. so yeah besides show. . . SC is going well, im picking up the songs easier now. working on new songs which im excited about. good things. playing my first show with them on june 1st in providence @easy axxes/metal mansion. another breath is playing so im excted some friends will be there. other things have been pretty damn awesome. still working alot but looking forward to quitting whole foods and having fun touring and hanging out this summer. getting things in motion as far as getting me stuff moved and packed. i have a place to stay and so forth. good things. i bought a suit for holly's wedding. im excited about that. although i haven't talked to her in awhile, but i think about her a bunch. a lot is going on in my life and i haven't really clued her in. i got accepted to rhode island college. most of my credits transfered. wahoo. other things. well yes i have more, but i dont want to tell you. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
12:40 pm	the official announcement Soul Control Update 05/02/08 On April 2nd 2008 Matt Amore informed us he was quitting Soul Control. His reasons are personal and we will not go into detail here, that is up to him explain publicly if he so desires. There were a lot of mixed emotions to say the least and we've all handled it differently as individuals. The one thing we will express on Matt's behalf is that it was his wish that Soul Control continued. After about 2 weeks of serious thought, serious talk and serious emotion, the three remaining members agreed that we did want to continue. While it is Matt's time to depart, it is not Soul Control's time to stop. With an entire new album written musically and 3 tours booked for this summer, we are not ready to just "throw it all away." So we're not going to. As a band and as friends we wish Matt the best in life and we know he wishes the same for us. We know this because we are friends and will remain so. That all being said, after an emotional month, we are a complete band again. Rory VanGrol is now an official member of Soul Control. Some of you may know Rory from his work with the bands How We Are and Achilles. After hanging with him and practicing with him, the choice was a swift one. Things are already moving quickly and you'll be hearing things soon. Our next show will be on June 1st 2008 in Providence, details forthcoming. All tourdates on the myspace are solid and dates/cities for our 2nd European tour will be announced soon. It will be 2-3 weeks in August with Powered Record's own Common Cause. Recording will now take place this summer and our lp will be released in the fall. Plenty of touring will be done to promote this record and we hope to see even more of the world than we have thus far. Our first year was crazy, We have a feeling the 2nd will be even crazier. Thanks for reading this and thank you to everyone who has given us support in ANY form thus far. We look forward to seeing all of you soon, Soul Control www.soulcontrolhc.com (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, April 28th, 2008
1:09 am	so im now singing for a new band. i was asked to try out for a band after the other singer they've had quit/flaked out. i have some reservations, but ultimately i think the positives outweigh the negatives. i shall be doing some touring this summer which im excited for, playing new songs. although we'll have to play some of the older songs still, which is weird for me, but i'll get used to it. i have to learn a bunch of old songs, i have a hard time with learning other peoples songs sometimes, but i'm doing my best. soul control europe in august, stoked! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
9:31 pm	amtrak- thank to stephanie i checked it out. $85 and travel time is 13hrs. that's with an almost 4 hr layover in nyc. i think i may take this option. i have never taken a train on a trip before so i think it'll be cool. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
8:22 pm	the big questions in life. do i take a 13 hr bus ride from rochester,ny to providence,ri that will cost me $40 or do i take an 8-10 hr flight from rochester,ny to providence,ri that will cost me about $150 im leaning toward the bus trip. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
4:22 pm	things. . . working at nice slice is going well. im pretty comfortable with how things work so far. i don;t feel like ive killed myself working to much yet. although i don't think ive worked to much yet. it's cool getting tips at the end of the night. it's like having spending money you didn't think you would have. it's nice not to have to goto the atm as much. transcripts sent to rhode island college. nervous/ excited about this. fafsa got filled out today, im trying to be ahead of the game, or feel like i am. getting my van title stuff figured out. i don;t know where it is, with all the moving i've done since i bought the van, i think it's gone somewhere in lost land. called the bank today and im working on getting the info to me. hopefully i can work all of this out through phone calls and so forth. once i get all of that together i'll be ready to hand over the nugget. i feel ok about it, but i think once it's gone, i'll be a little sad. not sure if i'll be getting a vehicle soon after or wait a bit. im thinking i might wait and see how i can manage without one for awhile. some other stuff going on that i can't speak of at the moment. im kind of excited and nervous about this as well. doing a band again, that's all i'll really say, we'll see if it happens. june 1st out of my apt. need to figure out living stuff. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
2:48 pm	i tend to do this to myself. work myself to the limit. i will be training at nice slice this week, just working the counter, but the hours will be 6pm-2am. i'll only be working about 3 nights a week, but that plus the 40 hours at whole foods with the hours being 5am-1:30pm. should be an interesting few months. reasons that im doing it, or at least the reasons im telling myself im doing it saving money for a new car, and a new computer. two things i'll need soon, esp. when i sell the van and since i'll be going back to school. so i plan on using the money i get from the van as a down payment on a new car plus whatever i save up. although i think once i get enough money for a computer i'll go ahead and get that out of the way first. then of course is the decision, do i get a mac? i do have an ipod now and it's formatted for macs. i want a laptop because im moving around a bunch, and that'll be a lot easier for me. also june 1st im out of this apt. and i'll be getting my security deposit back. im pretty sure i'll be staying at easy axxes for a few months over the summer. i still don't know details on the verse tour, last i knew i was going. but with getting a job at nice slice, we'll see. i know im quitting whole foods in june maybe sooner we'll see. also working at nice slice while in school will be a lot better than working at whole foods and school. i would much rather goto school during the day than at night and have to wake upfor a 5am shift. so thats me in a nut shell. i won even et started on the ladies. i'll just say im keeping it real. i went dancing last night with lauren and it was awesome. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 14th, 2008
8:22 pm	#23 #23- Monotonix, black pus @AS220, Providence,RI Holy Fuck Monotonix was awesome. crowd surfing drummer while still playing some drums. holy shit. band was crazy and off the hook. so good. i didn't buy a record because it'll never live up to the live show. But wow! so wild. MC5 meets some 80s punk band. Black Pus loud and noisy. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
8:18 pm	#22 #22- 3/28/08 The Ergs, For Science, Sam Weir, Chris Paddock @Easy Axxes, Pawtucket, RI The first show i did all by myself in the Providence area. It went way better than i expected it to. Didn't lose to much money and i had a really good time. Chris paddock was really good this night. Sam Weir was fucking awesome. new songs are great and they put a huge fucking smile on my face. i wish i was still in that band, good people i miss them. songs are killer. For Science was ok at best, wasn't really feeling them so much. The ergs were great, fun time and they played a good set. including "hey Jealousy". (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 7th, 2008
7:19 pm	i applied to rhode island college today. . . (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
1:10 pm	new shoes im pretty excited about being a consumer. i bought a new pair of shoes, i didn't really need them, but i wanted a comfier pair of shoes and these things rule. plus i i think they look nice and they aren't vans. (6 Comments |Comment on this)